Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 54
op,as only a Chinaman may. My father adopted a son,His father the same had done; Oh, try me the tortoise signWith a tortoise of ancient line:If he turns his toes straight in as he goes,the boy is certainly mine! Oho! but the garden rangOn that wonderful night—ting, tang!When a banquet meet was… … and the gifts that were brought for the littlefing-wee would kill me a chapter or two. There was knocking of heads galore;There were trumpets and drums a score ;The gay pavilions were lit with millions oflamps from ceiling to floor.And oh, but the chop-sticks flewIn the palace of Prince…
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